Fulham are close to completing a loan deal for the Red Bull Leipzig winger Ademola Lookman, according to a report from the Daily Mail this evening.
The former England under-21 international is keen on a return to England having struggled since leaving Everton in a £16.5million move to Germany last July. The Wandsworth-born winger made just thirteen appearances last season, failing to recapture the form that had convinced Leipzig to turn his previous loan into a permanent deal, when he scored five times in eleven appearances.
The former Charlton academy graduate is now in discussions with Fulham about a potential loan move, according to the Mail. Lookman made his Charlton debut as an eighteen year-old and made an immediate impact for the Addicks, scoring five goals in 24 appearances in his first season in senior football and being voted the Championship’s apprenticeship of the year. He followed that up with seven goals in 25 appearances, which was enough for Everton to take him to Goodison Park in January 2017 for a fee rumoured to be in the region of £7.5m.
Lookman made a positive impression early on at Everton and scored four goals in 48 appearances for the Toffees but fell down the pecking order as new signings arrived. The 22 year-old is most at home on the left wing, but can also operate on the opposite flank or as a second striker. He has won eleven caps for England at under-21 level, scoring a single goal, and was part of the England under-20 side that won the World Cup in 2017 alongside Fulham’s Josh Onomah.
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Not sure about him a talent that has gone backwards. Not sure he’s better than what we’ve got. Parker will need to we’ve some magic, just get some CB through the door
Apparently has an attitude problem. With Lemina already misfiring at Southampton with suspected attitude issues… it is not good for team morale to take another even if he is a step up on Caveliro/ Knockaert. Prefer Sess back.
Not one for me. Let’s concentrate on 2 central defenders and a target man. We do not want players at the cottage with suspected attitude problems. I am starting to lose patience with Tony Khan. He must get priorities right and more away from total statistics.
I might be on my own here, but I quite like this one. He’s young, English, local enough to have an affinity with the area and has something to prove in the Premier League. He should be hungry to show that’s he got what it takes and get his career back on track.
Apart from all of that, we desperately need more pace in the side. I’m not at all convinced by any of our left wing options. Cavaleiro has been anonymous and I don’t think Kebano can do it in the Premier League. Had he not got injured on Friday, I’d have been tempted to try Jasper there.
We all know the priority has to be centre halves – but that shouldn’t stop us making an exciting signing to give Parker more options where we can.
Agree with Chlo, this one could turn out really nicely, and we do really need wingers just as badly as CB as we can see Cav, Kebano and Kamara aren’t up to it. And why are people saying we need a target man when we have mitrovic?
What is Mitro gets injured, sent off, or worn out, Hayden. Anyone can tell you we need two centre forwards. We’ve needed it for years. Blind reliance on Mitro to always be available and in form is a huge mistake.
Good point Andy, but it is difficult to find someone who is willing to play second fiddle to mitrovic but is also prem quality.
At least they are trying to survive in the premiership by buying new tallent
We need defenders who have pace Fulham should buy Burney defender.